Operational statement for i.root-servers.net

The Domain Name System (DNS) is the distributed hierarchical database on which most Internet services and applications rely and depend. The root of this hierarchy is anchored on 13 domain name servers scattered across the globe.

i.root-servers.net is operated by Autonomica AB. The i-root service was initially provided by NORDUnet A/S as of July 1991 under the name nic.nordu.net. nic.nordu.net was re-named to i.root-servers.net in 1995 in cooperation with all root server operators. Autonomica took over the operations of i.root-servers.net in 2000. Funded by our owners and customers, we provide this service for the benefit of the Internet as a whole.

Autonomica AB, based in Stockholm, Sweden, is a subsidiary of Netnod, the operator of the swedish Internet Exchange infrastructure. Autonomica specialises in operations of Internet infrastructure services, DNS in particular. Netnod and Autonomica are non-profit organisations, operating in close cooperation with the Internet community.

Autonomica, as operator of i.root-servers.net, acknowledges the following fellow organisations as current root server operators and is committed to coordinating operational service with them:

Verisign, Inc.

University of Southern California, Information Sciences Institute

Cogent Communications, Inc.

University of Maryland

NASA Ames Research Center

Internet Systems Consortium, Inc.

US Department of Defense, Network Information Center

US Army Research Laboratory

RIPE NCC

ICANN

WIDE Project

Joint root server statement to ICANN

In 2009, Netnod / Autonomica issued a joint statement to ICANN together other root server operator. This letter can be found here.

The response from Paul Twomey, CEO of ICANN (at the time), confirming the mutual commitment of coordinating respective activities related to the operations of the root servers, can be found here.

Since 2000, Netnod has operated i.root-servers.net, one of the 13 logical Internet DNS root name servers. The I-root service is provided by a set of distributed nodes using IPv4 and IPv6 anycast. There are currently more than 55 nodes distributed across the world.

Root server operators are often asked to comment on reports about the performance and quality of the DNS root server system. In an effort to improve research in this field, the root server operators have published a guide that outlines some principles for interpreting DNS related data sets.

Domain Name Services (Pty) Ltd (DNS Ltd) provides the core registry systems and related services for the South African Central Registry (ZACR). This includes support for new gTLDs, including the much anticipated .AFRICA TLD, which will serve the entire African Internet community.

RASCOM (AS20764) has joined the Netnod Reach partner program to provide remote peering in Sweden to its many customers from Russia and Eastern Europe. As an official Netnod Reach partner, RASCOM can engage clients at any point of presence on its network and resell peering ports to Sweden’s leading Internet Exchange.

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Netnod operates at the core of the Internet. We manage the largest IXPs in the Nordics and provide DNS services to TLDs, partners and enterprises throughout the world. As a non-profit organisation, we operate i.root-servers.net, one of the Internet’s 13 root name servers. Netnod is also responsible for distributing Swedish national time through NTP.